Funds and Grants

Age Group: Children

Fund Use: A New Eyes e-voucher provides a basic pair of single or lined bifocal eyeglasses through their online dispenser.

Amount: Not applicable

General Requirements: Individuals can apply directly, or agencies can apply on the client's behalf. There is a $10 non-refundable application fee for administrative costs. Applicants must reside in a household with net monthly income below 250% of the US Poverty Guidelines and have had a recent eye exam (within the last 24 months) with a pupillary distance measurement.

Age Group: Children/Families

Use of Money: Speech therapy and technology equipment for children and their families who lack financial means.

Amount: Unspecified

General Requirements: Children with speech disorders up to 21 years of age.

Age Group: Children/Families

Use of Money: Supplies (like Enteral Supplies (feeding bags, extenders), Tracheal Supplies (care kits, ties, cleaning supplies, HMEs), Incontinence Supplies (different-size diapers and briefs), Oxygen tubing and cannulas, IV tubing and care supplies, Formula, and more.)

Amount: Not applicable

General Requirements: Families of children with special needs who are medically dependent.

Age Group: Adults

Use of Money: Lifeline Free Wireless service and phone

Amount: Not applicable

General Requirements: To qualify for Lifeline, subscribers must either have an income at or below 135% of the federal Poverty Guidelines or participate in an assistance program.

Age Group: Children

Fund of Money: Braille books

Amount: Five free braille books per year

General Requirements: Children with vision loss who live in the US

Age Group: Children/Adults

Fund Use: Handicapped adapted vehicle

Amount: Not applicable

General Requirements: Adults or children anywhere within the USA. The family must demonstrate that they do not have the resources to afford a vehicle on their own. They are required to carry car insurance, register the vehicle, and pick it up from the donor.

Age Group: Children/Adults

Fund Use: Hearing devices, specialized treatments, speech classes, note-takers, interpreters, and more.

Amount: Unspecified

General Requirements: Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing or the families of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Age Group: Children/Families

Use of Money: Amtryke adaptive tricycles

Amount: Not applicable

General Requirements: Children or veterans with financial need

Age Group: Children/Families

Use of Money: Grants cover sports expenses and adaptive sports equipment through their selected distributors, who offer discounted pricing.

Amount: Unspecified

General Requirements: Individuals worldwide with permanent physical disabilities can apply for the CAF grant. Teams, organizations, etc., are not eligible to apply. Medical documentation of disability is required. CAF uses the International Paralympic Committee’s eligibility criteria as a guideline. Individuals with strictly cognitive or intellectual disabilities are not eligible to apply.

Age Group: Children/Families

Use of Money: Adapted bikes

Amount: Not applicable

General Requirements: Children with permanent physical disabilities and under 18.

Age Group: Children

Use of Money: Provide hearing devices for children with hearing loss.

Amount: Unspecified

General Requirements: Children with hearing loss between the ages of newborn and 20 years whose parents cannot meet this special need financially. An estimated 100 children are provided with hearing devices each year.

Age Group: Children

Use of Money: Miracle-Ear® is committed to helping underserved people with hearing loss and giving them the gift of sound.

Amount: Unspecified

General Requirements: Children with hearing loss. Eligibility requirements are designed to reach those who need help most.

Age Group: Children/Families

Use of Money: Rehabilitative therapy, My Gym classes, assistive devices, medical equipment, and sensory items.

Amount: $500 or less

General Requirements: Applicants must be under the age of 18. Gift allocations from the My Gym Foundation are determined by greatest need, who they can best assist, funds available, and long-term impact on the child’s quality of life.

Age Group: Children/Families/Adults

Use of Money: NAA’s Big Red Safety Box® includes: Educational materials and tools, including NAA’s Be REDy Booklet, two GE Door/Window Alarms including batteries, one RoadID Bracelet or Shoe ID tag, five Adhesive Stop Sign Visual Prompts for doors and windows, two Safety Alert Window Clings for car or home windows, and one Child ID Kit from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

Amount: Free Big Red Safety Kit

General Requirements: Be the primary caregiver of an individual with an autism diagnosis. Be 18 years or older and a resident of the U.S. Agree to the terms and conditions stated in the application. Be a first-time recipient. Previous recipients are not eligible to apply; orders will be canceled. Apply only once. Multiple requests will not be processed; limit one box per family.

Age Group: Children/Families/Adults

Fund Use: The Give A Voice Program will provide qualifying individuals with an assistive communication device, including a 32GB Apple® iPad®, AppleCare+ Protection Plan, Avatalker AAC Augmentative and Alternative Communication Software app, and Protective Case.

Amount: Unspecified

General Requirements: The individual you are applying for must be four or older and formally diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Documentation from a physician is required. Must include a current evaluation/recommendation from a Speech/Language Professional. Support must be confirmed to help the individual with ASD learn to use the iPad effectively as a communication device.

Age Group: Children/Families

Use of Money: Free White Cane

Amount: Not applicable

General Requirements: Please visit the website for online application and complete details.

Age Group: Students

Use of Money: Students attending any undergraduate postsecondary institution, such as two—or four-year colleges, life skills or postsecondary institutions, or vocational, technical, or trade schools. Applicants must belong to an underrepresented racial/ethnic minority group.

Amount: $3,000

General Requirements: Persons with an autism diagnosis pursuing full-time, post-secondary graduate education or vocational-technical training. Applicants must belong to an underrepresented racial/ethnic minority group.

Age Group: Students

Use of Money: The Johnson & Johnson Access-Ability Lime Scholarship

Amount: Unspecified

General Requirements: Designed for current college students with disabilities who are pursuing a Health Care or STEM degree at a four-year university or college in the U.S.

Age Group: Students

Use of Money: BMO Capital Markets Equity Through Education Scholarship

Amount: $10,000

General Requirements: Designed for undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities interested in a career in Financial Services with a focus on Capital Markets.

Age Group: Students

Use of Money: Scholarship program

Amount: One or two $500 awards each year

General Requirements: Preference will be given to students with mobility disabilities. Students must be at least 16, enrolled at an accredited high school, college, or university, legal residents of the U.S., in good academic standing, and complete an application essay. They must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 (or equivalent).

Age Group: Students

Use of Money: Secondary Education

Amount: The maximum grant award is $7,395 for the 2025–26 award year, but the amount depends on various factors.

General Requirements: Awarded only to undergraduate students who display exceptional financial need and have not earned a bachelor's, graduate, or professional degree.

Age Group: Students

Use of Money: Pathways Scholarship

Amount: $1,000

General Requirements: Have, or consider themselves to have, a visible or invisible disability. Current high school senior. Accepted to, or applied and awaiting acceptance to, a 4-year university or college in the U.S. or Canada.

Age Group: Children/ Families

Use of Money: Free white cane

Amount: $8,000

General Requirements: Must be legally blind in both eyes. Must be pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time, post-secondary course of study in a degree program at a U.S. institution in the fall of the year of application. Must participate in the NFB National Convention and in all of its scheduled scholarship program activities.

Age Group: Students

Use of Money: Supports students attending two-year universities, life skills or postsecondary programs, vocational, technical, or trade schools.

Amount: $3,000

General Requirements: Persons with an autism diagnosis must be pursuing full-time, postsecondary, undergraduate, or vocational-technical education.

Age Group: Students

Use of Money: This program supports students attending two—or four-year universities. Applicants typically pursue degrees at four-year universities.

Amount: $3,000

General Requirements: Persons with an autism diagnosis pursuing full-time, post-secondary, undergraduate education or vocational-technical training.

Age Group: Adults

Use of Money: Service Dogs

Amount: Unspecified

General Requirements: People with physical or developmental disabilities, adults who are Deaf or hard of hearing, and professionals working in health care, visitation, educational, or criminal justice settings who can demonstrate that an assistance dog will enhance their independence or their quality of life are qualified to apply.

Age Group: Children/ Families

Use of Money: Scholarships paid to an approved training organization for training a service dog.

Amount: $250 to $5,000

General Requirements: The child must be under 18 years old at the time of placement with their service dog. The child must also have a physical or psychological disability or be on the Autism Spectrum. The child must be accepted by an Assistance Dog International member, an International Guide Dog Federation member, or another qualified training program prior to applying for the scholarship.

Age Group: Children/ Families

Use of Money: Provides guide dogs for eligible blind American children between the ages of 11 and 16, free of charge.

Amount: No applicable

General Requirements: Eligible blind American children between the ages of 11 and 16.

Age Group: Children/ Adults

Use of Money: Custom-trained Assistance Dogs

Amount: PAWS promotes a “pay it forward” culture. Once a client achieves certification, we encourage them to consider hosting a Personal Campaign to benefit another client still waiting for a PAWS Dog.

General Requirements: Eligibility varies depending on service dog type and disability.

Age Group: Children/ Families

Use of Money: Mobility service and autism service animals.

Amount: WAGS asks families receiving an animal to make a commitment to do fundraising for W.A.G.S.

General Requirements: Children with autism or physical disabilities up to the age of 18.

Age Group: Children/Families

Use of Money: Year-round, cost-free events to help bring smiles to the faces of sick kids, their siblings, and their parents.

Amount: Unspecified

General Requirements: Children and families with a wide range of diagnoses. Acceptance requires an online enrollment form.

Age Group: Children

Use of Money: Life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

Amount: Not applicable

General Requirements: Children must meet these criteria at the time of referral: Diagnosed with a critical illness, i.e., a progressive, degenerative, or malignant condition that is placing the child's life in jeopardy. Older than 2½ years and younger than 18. Has not received a wish from another wish-granting organization.

Age Group: Children

Use of Money: Travel grants

Amount: Tickets

General Requirements: Children aged 2 to 18 must not have received tickets through our charity previously. They must also be disabled.

Age Group: Children/Families

Use of Money: Dream fulfillment

Amount: Unspecified

General Requirements: The child must be seriously ill, chronically ill, physically challenged, or severely developmentally delayed. The diagnosis must be severe-profound to qualify. The family’s household income must be under $75,000 annually.